Get Real...Responses
Quotas? Question regarding quotas is occurring in freshwater
fishing areas in NY-I know its not the same as saltwater fishing but,
it is my personal opinion a delima is occurring in NY state freshwater
fishing areas regarding quotas which may be alarming. I fish frequently
in lower NY (Westchester & Putnam Counties) and I often don't catch
anything. I have friends who have been fishing for years who usually get
a catch who are reporting the same.
The waters we fish are suposedly well stocked with thousands of
trout each year. Yet we can go days or sometimes weeks without catching
a single trout. Though authorities responsible for the stockings can
deflect any suspicions with pointing to an increase of civilian
populations in the area. However, as you are regularly hard pressed to
find just one trout on the end of your line and then drive home from a
days fishing, you can only contemplate those supposed hard numbers of
tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands: Browns, Rainbows and Lake
trout stockings. You can only scratch your head and wonder... "is there
any way to audit and varify these stocking quotas which are published
each year by the DEP or DEC?". As far as I can tell, there is no way to
varify these stockings quotas which are paid for by anyone who purchases
a NY state fishing license. Certainly, hundreds of thousands of dollars
are put into this fund annually or- are we perhaps to suspect that these
published quotas of fish stockings to be the end product of a fish tale?
Which raises another question- where might all that money be going?
from JAV from Westchester 6/9/98
I agree with you Dave, those commercial Fisherman have been RAPING our shores
for years. At least we have various organizations with some clout to speak up
at all the hearings that go on concerning the fishing throughout the U.S.
Those commercial boats take fish daily in the TONS where sometimes were lucky
to take a single keeper. I've heard talk of fish farming Fluke out east. Are
they getting anywhere with it?
from PGat 5/30/98
With 82% of our fisheries at or near depletion, there is only one solution!
Political action....change the fishing laws and allow only sustainable
fishing gear for commercial fisherman. Do away with the 50 mile long lines
that indiscriminately kill non-targeted fish and juvenile fish that have
never had the chance to spawn! The only way to successfully bring back our
stocks is to make changes in the gear used, not penalize the recreational
guy who is looking for a few fish for his table.
The Recreational Fishing Alliance is doing just that which I speak, fileing
legislation to ban unsustainable gear, preventing overfishing, and insuring
fish for future generations. For further info about the RFA, call
1-888-JOIN RFA.
from Ralpb Bergonzi, RFA 5/27/98
The fisheries are slowly dwindling, and it is obvious.
Every species of fish is suffering, except stripped bass.
That is because they closed the harvesting of these fish.
The limits that were put on them were strict and realistic.
The size limit that was placed upon them were also reasonable.
If there is any hope of a fish population regaining full strength then
the fishery must be closed.
I am not saying close all species, but maybe one at a time for a year or
two, in
order to let the populations grow. When they are reopened, place
reasonable
size and number limits upon them.
Or maybe shorten the season for the species. There is always catch and
release.
I have not caught fifteen flounder in, I can not remember the last time
actually.
But if there are five people on a boat, what would they do with 75
flounder.
Sure you could freeze them, but why not just keep what you are going to eat
fresh
and let the rest go.
People keep as many fish as they can because that is their daily limit.
Also, the size limits on the fish do not even allow for them to spawn.
Let the limits reflect the maturity of the fish, not the numbers of the
fish.
Truthfully, I am sick of going out and getting skunked myself. So, I am
totally looking forward to any change that will be productive, and not a
waste of time and fish.
from Michael Spagnuolo 4/4/98
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or Get Real.
from PGat 5/30/98
With 82% of our fisheries at or near depletion, there is only one solution!
Political action....change the fishing laws and allow only sustainable
fishing gear for commercial fisherman. Do away with the 50 mile long lines
that indiscriminately kill non-targeted fish and juvenile fish that have
never had the chance to spawn! The only way to successfully bring back our
stocks is to make changes in the gear used, not penalize the recreational
guy who is looking for a few fish for his table.
The Recreational Fishing Alliance is doing just that which I speak, fileing
legislation to ban unsustainable gear, preventing overfishing, and insuring
fish for future generations. For further info about the RFA, call
1-888-JOIN RFA.
from Ralpb Bergonzi, RFA 5/27/98
The fisheries are slowly dwindling, and it is obvious.
Every species of fish is suffering, except stripped bass.
That is because they closed the harvesting of these fish.
The limits that were put on them were strict and realistic.
The size limit that was placed upon them were also reasonable.
If there is any hope of a fish population regaining full strength then
the fishery must be closed.
I am not saying close all species, but maybe one at a time for a year or
two, in
order to let the populations grow. When they are reopened, place
reasonable
size and number limits upon them.
Or maybe shorten the season for the species. There is always catch and
release.
I have not caught fifteen flounder in, I can not remember the last time
actually.
But if there are five people on a boat, what would they do with 75
flounder.
Sure you could freeze them, but why not just keep what you are going to eat
fresh
and let the rest go.
People keep as many fish as they can because that is their daily limit.
Also, the size limits on the fish do not even allow for them to spawn.
Let the limits reflect the maturity of the fish, not the numbers of the
fish.
Truthfully, I am sick of going out and getting skunked myself. So, I am
totally looking forward to any change that will be productive, and not a
waste of time and fish.
from Michael Spagnuolo 4/4/98
Return to Dave's Homepage
or Get Real.
from Michael Spagnuolo 4/4/98